Great to meat many of you at `Fat Rat`s' end of summer bash in Wales, top marks to him and his good lady for thinking of everything.
The KTM 1190R was no match in it`s road tyres to cross the `marsh' as easily as did the knobbly bearing KTM 400 of which was brought out by the host to show it should be done!
But Wales proved the KTM can do corners well, copes well with all surfaces and has more power than actually needed, BUT, it is one of the MOST UNCOMFORTABLE tourers I have ever ridden. Being that it was designed as a `round the world' challenger to match the BMW1200`s, it scores 3/10 for saddle friendly. I have reverted back to the Vstrom with 107K miles to continue my regular jaunts up the motorways on business and keep the KTM for `Grin factor 10' on the weekends. Nuff said!
